The woodstock-festival was arranged for the first time in August 1969. It was expected 200 000 spectators, but 500 000 appeared. The festival is more known as «Three days with peace, music and love.»
32 artists and groups performed during one weekend. The festival is known as one of the most historic moments inside pop-music. The enormous crowd made a lot of chaos, and the traffic came to a halt. When the crowd consists of 500 000 people, it couldn’t go painless. Two people died. One of them died of a heroin-overdose, and the other one died in a sleeping bag when he was run over by a tractor.
Some of the artist who performed at Woodstock were Joe Cocker, Jimi Hendrix, Richie Havens, The Band, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Johnny Winter and Santana.
Bob Dylan was born in Duluth, 1941. He is an american singer/songwriter, who maybe
is the most important person within music the last 45 years.
The Beatles
During the sixties the music was popular. Many bands came with songs; The Beatles was one of them. The Beatles is still popular.
The Beatles is a British pop group from Liverpool that was formed in 1960.
The Beatles consists of 4 boys:
James Paul McCartney – bass, vocal, guitar, piano
John Winston Lennon – guitar, vocal, piano, harmonica
John Lennon began playing the guitar when he was 14 years old, and fast he started the “Skiffle” group The Quarrymen – named after his old school. He started The Quarrymen in 1957. He invited Paul McCartney to join the band in July the same year. George Harrison was a young and very accomplished guitarist, who joined The Quarrymen in 1958 – but the band was dissolved autumn 1959.
The Quarrymen had many different band names, sometimes they choosed name from opportunity to opportunity.
The different names to the band:
Johnny and the Moon Dogs
The Silver Beetles
The Beetles
Before they ended up with The Beatles
People started and quit with regular spaces – the only one that was in the band for a longer time was: John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison.
POPULARITY
The Beatles break through came with the song ”Love Me Do” in 1962. Soon they achived a popularity the world hadn't seen before.
People want to look like them, have the same haircut as these nice young men from Liverpool.
Their records "She Loves You", "Can't Buy Me Love", "I Feel Fine" and many others was on top of the hitlists. People were "crazy" about them, and we call it a "Beatlemania". They also released two films "Help", "A Hard Day's Night" which became very popular too.
John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote most of the songs together.
After a while the music started to change, Lennon and McCartney was influenced by Indian Philosophy and Music. They used a whole new studiotechnique and instruments that changed the way people looked at pop-music. The records "Revolver" and "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" are examples of these changes.
THE BEATLES TODAY
In 1970 The Beatles was no longer a band. However, the members continued making brilliant music and 45 years later The Beatles is still popular among people all over the world.
The musicians continued making music on their own and with other artists. Paul McCartney had a band called "The Wings" and a great solo career.
John Lennon also released albums with his wife Yoko Ono i.e. "Imagine". He was assasinated in New York in December 1980.
Here is a clip from the famous rooftop concert held in central London in January 1969:
Jimi Hendrix was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is often regarded as one of the biggest style makers and inspirations in the rock history.
The Rolling Stones was formed in 1962 of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Brian Jones, and is an English rockgroup. The lead singer Mick Jagger was the leader of the group. The Rolling Stones is still very popular.
The Byrds was and American rock group in the middle of the sixties.
The Doors was an American rock group that was formed in 1965 of 4 boys, a keyboardist, vocalist, drummer and a guitarist. The Doors has been sold between 80-100 million albums worldwide.
The Woodstock-festival
The woodstock-festival was arranged for the first time in August 1969. It was expected 200 000 spectators, but 500 000 appeared. The festival is more known as «Three days with peace, music and love.»
32 artists and groups performed during one weekend. The festival is known as one of the most historic moments inside pop-music. The enormous crowd made a lot of chaos, and the traffic came to a halt. When the crowd consists of 500 000 people, it couldn’t go painless. Two people died. One of them died of a heroin-overdose, and the other one died in a sleeping bag when he was run over by a tractor.
Some of the artist who performed at Woodstock were Joe Cocker, Jimi Hendrix, Richie Havens, The Band, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Johnny Winter and Santana.
Bob Dylan was born in Duluth, 1941. He is an american singer/songwriter, who maybe
is the most important person within music the last 45 years.
The Beatles
During the sixties the music was popular. Many bands came with songs; The Beatles was one of them. The Beatles is still popular.
The Beatles is a British pop group from Liverpool that was formed in 1960.
The Beatles consists of 4 boys:
HOW DID THEY BECOME A BAND?
John Lennon began playing the guitar when he was 14 years old, and fast he started the “Skiffle” group The Quarrymen – named after his old school. He started The Quarrymen in 1957. He invited Paul McCartney to join the band in July the same year. George Harrison was a young and very accomplished guitarist, who joined The Quarrymen in 1958 – but the band was dissolved autumn 1959.
The Quarrymen had many different band names, sometimes they choosed name from opportunity to opportunity.
The different names to the band:
People started and quit with regular spaces – the only one that was in the band for a longer time was: John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison.
POPULARITY
The Beatles break through came with the song ”Love Me Do” in 1962. Soon they achived a popularity the world hadn't seen before.
People want to look like them, have the same haircut as these nice young men from Liverpool.
Their records "She Loves You", "Can't Buy Me Love", "I Feel Fine" and many others was on top of the hitlists. People were "crazy" about them, and we call it a "Beatlemania". They also released two films "Help", "A Hard Day's Night" which became very popular too.
John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote most of the songs together.
After a while the music started to change, Lennon and McCartney was influenced by Indian Philosophy and Music. They used a whole new studiotechnique and instruments that changed the way people looked at pop-music. The records "Revolver" and "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" are examples of these changes.
THE BEATLES TODAY
In 1970 The Beatles was no longer a band. However, the members continued making brilliant music and 45 years later The Beatles is still popular among people all over the world.The musicians continued making music on their own and with other artists. Paul McCartney had a band called "The Wings" and a great solo career.
John Lennon also released albums with his wife Yoko Ono i.e. "Imagine". He was assasinated in New York in December 1980.
Sources:
- Aschehoug og Gyldendals STORE NORSKE leksikon.
- Aschehoug og Gyldendals LILLE NORSKE LEKSIKON.
- http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles
- http://snl.no/The_Beatles
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The Woodstock-festival
Here is a clip from the famous rooftop concert held in central London in January 1969:
Jimi Hendrix was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is often regarded as one of the biggest style makers and inspirations in the rock history.
The Rolling Stones was formed in 1962 of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Brian Jones, and is an English rockgroup. The lead singer Mick Jagger was the leader of the group. The Rolling Stones is still very popular.
The Byrds was and American rock group in the middle of the sixties.